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Hybrid intra-cell TDMA/inter-cell CDMA for wireless networks

US5481533A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1994
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/2618
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a cellular network, a multiple-access methodology and concomitant circuitry in which TDMA is used inside each cell and CDMA signals, having pulse shapes with low cross-correlations, are assigned to adjacent cells. For example, these pulses could be Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum pulses. Such a hybrid system combines the high intra-cell capacity of TDMA with the inter-cell and multipath interference rejection capabilities of CDMA.

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